San Pietro Gate – Bastion of the Mountain loop from Ferrara
San Pietro Gate – Bastion of the Mountain loop from Ferrara
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San Pietro Gate – Bastion of the Mountain loop from Ferrara
01:06
4.33km
10m
Hiking
Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: August 22, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
42 m
San Pietro Gate
Highlight • Historical Site
The Gate overlooks the current Via Quartieri, so called “because the“ Quarters ”of the urban militias opened on the right side of the road to Porta S. Pietro: nearby …
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535 m
Baluardo dell'Amore
Highlight • Historical Site
The current Bulwark of Love contains a real palimpsest of the history of military architecture, starting from the Porta dating back to the mid-15th century, up to the mighty “ace of spades” bulwark of the late 16th century.
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979 m
Walls of Ferrara
Highlight • Monument
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1.41 km
Bastion of the Mountain
Highlight • Monument
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1.94 km
Bastion of San Tommaso
Highlight • Monument
It takes its name from the nearby church of San Tommaso (destroyed in 1836), located inside the walls at the intersection of the current via Sant'Andrea and Formignana.
With …
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2.06 km
Doccile di San Tommaso
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Not far from the Baluardo of the same name, runs the eighteenth-century “doccile” or gargoyle of San Tommaso, actually built in 1524 with a vaulted roof to drain the …
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3.42 km
Barbacane of San Giorgio, Ferrara
Highlight • Historical Site
The term barbican derives from the medieval Latin barbacanis or from the vulgar Arabic bar-al-baqara, literally "cattle enclosure", indicating a buttress, a walled reinforcement for defensive purposes.
The artifact …
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4.12 km
Bastion of Saint Anthony
Highlight • Historical Site
Intermediate between that of Love and that of San Pietro, the Baluardo di Sant'Antonio is the closest to the monastery of Sant'Antonio in Polesine, from which it takes its …
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4.33 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
3.91 km
206 m
146 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
2.20 km
1.57 km
283 m
220 m
< 100 m
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